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... and herons. We passed a very elegant converted convent. Ominously, a vulture was perched atop the building, which is now the Panamanian Foreign Office, stretching its wings. Next door, the magnificent St Francis of Assisi church was being restored, its tower with spiral staircase already shining white and magnificent. Down a side street, an incongruous wooden building was still standing amongst ministries and the presidential residence. These fine edifices mostly surround ...

... of rain a year which feeds the lakes and canal. It rains for 9 months of the year and there are 19 rivers that feed the system. Saw the Coral Princess cruise ship waiting to go through the canal. There are now two bridges over the canal, the Bridge of the America's on the Pacific side and the Centenary Bridge on the Atlantic side. All the rock that is removed is crushed into sand and reused. There are 3 ...

PanamaCity is the first modern city on our holiday. Tall skyscrapers, modern architecture. Traffic ++. A lot of impatient blowing of horns, even if one can see the road is blocked. Taxi drivers will give you a beep to see if you want his services. A very noisy city. We went for a long walk to the promenade, very humid, hot and sunny. Walking through wealthy and not so wealthy suburbs without feeling uncomfortable. The pavements ...

... our respective stories and talked a lot of life in Panama. Cocokai was having some engine problems and so was sent through separately after us for the whole day. We were first off the mooring and headed off at about 5.5 knots chugging along comfortably at about 2000rpm. About an hour into the day Re Joyce passed us and hared off into the distance but Victor was happy with our pace so I didn't see the need to rush the transit and diminish ...

... me, more so than Lew! Got taxi to the causeway where 4 islands and meant to be able to cycle along and really pretty but disappointment as big fence up on either side so couldn't see the views. Managed to find a missing panel in the construction site do we snuck through and walked along closer to the water, at least not staring at a fence whole way! Super hot day! Hottest for a while! Got to I think flamingo(?) island, huge fancy boats/yachts - wow! Nice view if ...